Currently we have only seven people who have indicated that if we build that, that they will move to that (Bacliff) location. That’s from an actual call-down, where we call the people in the area who are eligible (for disaster housing) and ask the question, ‘If we build it, will you come?’ Right now, we do not have enough people to support that cost. As far as I’m concerned right now, unless more people indicate that they’re willing to move there, we will not build that one.

FEMA officials are banking on several other sites throughout Galveston County to house the hundreds of county residents still displaced by Ike, more than four months after the storm.

As of this week, there are 1,675 county residents still staying in 54 area hotels, according to FEMA spokesman Vince Clark. To date, FEMA has spent $70 million statewide for the transitional housing program. No numbers were available for Galveston County.

Parks said there are about 600 FEMA mobile homes on private sites in the county, with another 100 expected to be added by the end of February. Another 200 mobile homes will be heading to community sites in the county by the end of March. Here’s a rundown of the community sites:

Schreiber Field in Galveston will provide space for about 54 mobile home pads, but it will be at least the end of march before residents can start moving in, Parks said.

High Island on Bolivar Peninsula is expected to house up to 84 mobile home pads, or families, while a site behind the Post Office on Broadway in Galveston will have about 20 pads, FEMA officials say.

At least for now, a 9-acre tract in front of the Galveston County Justice Center is off the table once again, unless FEMA officials run out of locations to place the mobile homes.

What’s your take on the FEMA housing situation? Is the agency doing enough to house people still uprooted by Ike?